Dialogues (Illustrated)
By: Seneca
4.29
Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition
“No man was ever wise by chance.” ― Seneca Seneca's Dialogues—as his epistolary essays have tradit…
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1. Time and Time Again
By: Ben Elton
4.09
Format: 386 pages, Paperback
It’s the 1st of June 1914 and Hugh Stanton, ex-soldier and celebrated adventurer is quite literally… read more
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"Иногда лучше все оставить как есть. Время – не прялка. Время – пряжа."-Ben Elton, Time and Time Again
"Such a lot to have thrown away to please an unbalanced ruler and a few vicious old generals."-Ben Elton, Time and Time Again
"Австро-Венгерская империя? Ей и без того хватало забот – разобраться бы, на каких языках говорить в собственном парламенте."-Ben Elton, Time and Time Again
"В глубине души люди хотят костра и серы. Они мечтают о жестком мстительном Боге, который повелевает и карает за непослушание."-Ben Elton, Time and Time Again
2. A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
By: David Foster Wallace
4.15
Format: 353 pages, Paperback
In this exuberantly praised book — a collection of seven pieces on subjects ranging from television… read more
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"What I know about auto racing could be inscribed with a dry Magic Marker on the lip of a Coke bottle."-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
"If Realism called it like it saw it, Metafiction simply called it as it saw itself seeing itself see it."-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
"Quentin Tarantino is interested in watching somebody's ear getting cut off; David Lynch is interested in the ear."-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
"American human beings are a slippery and protean bunch in real life, hard as hell to get any kind of universal handle on."-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
3. Un homme qui dort
By: Georges Perec
4.05
Format: 160 pages, Mass Market Paperback
" Tu as vingt-cinq ans et vingt-neuf dents, trois chemises et huit chaussettes, quelques livres que… read more
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"Ne kimseyi görme, ne konuşma, düşünme, dışarı çıkma, yerinden kımıldama isteği duyuyorsun."-Georges Perec, Un homme qui dort
"Önceden düşünülmüş bir hareket değil bu, bir hareket de değil zaten, bir hareket yokluğu, yapmadığın bir hareket,yapmaktan kaçındığın hareketler."-Georges Perec, Un homme qui dort
"Ils t'identifient, ils te reconnaissent. Ils ne savent pas que ces simples saluts, ces seuls sourire, ces signes de tête indifférents sont tous ce qui chaque jour te sauve."-Georges Perec, Un homme qui dort
"Time, which sees to everything, has provided the solution, despite yourself. Time, that knows the answer, has continued to flow. It is on a day like this one, a little later, a little earlier, that e…"-Georges Perec, Un homme qui dort
4. The Way Things Are
By: Rolfe Humphries , Lucretius
3.97
Format: 265 pages, Paperback
..". [captures] the relentless urgency of Lucretius' didacticism, his passionate conviction and pro… read more
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"There can be no centre in infinity."-Rolfe Humphries, The Way Things Are
"Nothing exists but amalgams of matter and space."-Rolfe Humphries, The Way Things Are
"Air, I should explain, becomes wind when it is agitated."-Rolfe Humphries, The Way Things Are
"For whatever changes and leaves its natural bounds is instant death of that which was before."-Rolfe Humphries, The Way Things Are
5. Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
By: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
4.10
Format: 426 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of The Black Swan and one of the foremost philosophers of our time, Nas… read more
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"Only the autodidacts are free."-Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
"More data means more information, but it also means more false information."-Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
"Convincing - and confident - disciplines, say, physics, tend to use little statistical backup, while political science and economics, which have never produced anything of note, are full of elaborate…"-Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
"Further, in writing, I feel corrupt and unethical if I have to look up a subject in a library as part of the writing itself. This acts as a filter--it is the only filter. If the subject is not intere…"-Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
6. L'Avversario
By: Emmanuel Carrère , Eliana Vicari Fabris
3.99
Format: 169 pages, Paperback
«Il 9 gennaio 1993 Jean-Claude Romand ha ucciso la moglie, i figli e i genitori, poi ha tentato di … read more
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"Il est notoire que les hommes les plus remarquables sont aussi les plus modestes, les moins soucieux de l'opinion qu'on a d'eux."-Emmanuel Carrère, L'Avversario
"Je n'ai jamais été aussi libre, jamais la vie n'a été aussi belle. Je suis un assassin, j'ai l'image la plus basse qui puisse exister dans la société, mais c'est plus facile à supporter que les vingt…"-Emmanuel Carrère, L'Avversario
7. This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
By: David Foster Wallace
4.06
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Only once did David Foster Wallace give a public talk on his views on life, during a commencement a… read more
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8. A Haunted House and Other Short Stories
By: Virginia Woolf , Leonard Woolf
3.64
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
The stories found in A Haunted Housereflect Virginia Woolf's experimental writing style and act as … read more
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9. Zeno's Conscience
By: Italo Svevo , William Weaver
4.25
Format: None pages, Paperback
Long hailed as a seminal work of modernism in the tradition of Joyce and Kafka, and now available i… read more
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10. The Art of Happiness
By: Epicurus , George K. Strodach
4.19
Format: 294 pages, ebook
New to Penguin Classics and the perfect companion volume to bestselling author Daniel Klein's new b… read more
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11. Thus Spoke Zarathustra
By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Walter Kaufmann
4.07
Format: 327 pages, Paperback
Thus Spoke Zarathustra is a foundational work of Western literature and is widely considered to be … read more
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"He who obeys, does not listen to himself!"-Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra
"Something unappeased, unappeasable, is within me."-Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra
"Those who hear not the music think the dancers mad."-Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra
"Blessed are the sleepy ones: for they shall soon nod off."-Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra
12. Time Out of Joint
By: Philip K. Dick
2.00
Format: 238 pages, Paperback
Time Out of Jointis Philip K. Dick's classic depiction of the disorienting disparity between the wo… read more
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13. The Loser
By: Thomas Bernhard , Jack Dawson
3.34
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Thomas Bernhard was one of the most original writers of the twentieth century. His formal innovatio… read more
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14. Memoirs of Hadrian
By: Marguerite Yourcenar , Grace Frick
4.23
Format: 347 pages, Paperback
Both an exploration of character and a reflection on the meaning of history, Memoirs of Hadrian has… read more
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"And it was at about this time that I began to feel myself divine."-Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian
"I was willing to yield to nostalgia, that melancholy residue of desire."-Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian
"La morale è una convenzione privata; il decoro è una faccenda pubblica."-Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian
"Of all our games, love's play is the only one which threatens to unsettle the soul..."-Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian
15. The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History
By: Boris Johnson
3.91
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
From London's inimitable mayor, Boris Johnson, the story of how Churchill's eccentric genius shaped… read more
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16. The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations for Clarity, Effectiveness, and Serenity
By: Ryan Holiday , Stephen Hanselman
3.92
Format: 358 pages, Hardcover
A beautifully packaged, gifty daily devotional of Stoic wisdom, from the author of The Obstacle is … read more
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17. The Nicomachean Ethics
By: Aristotle , Jonathan Barnes , None , Hugh Tredennick
3.99
Format: 329 pages, Paperback
‘One swallow does not make a summer; neither does one day. Similarly neither can one day, or a brie… read more
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"Philosophy can make people sick."-Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics
"A man without regrets cannot be cured."-Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics
"Freedom is obedience to self-formulated rules."-Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics
"The beginning seems to be more than half of the whole."-Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics
18. Sentimental Education
By: Gustave Flaubert , Geoffrey Wall , Robert Baldick
3.81
Format: 460 pages, Paperback
Based on Flaubert’s own youthful passion for an older woman, Sentimental Education was described by… read more
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"Cheer up,' said the captain's son. 'Life is long, and we are young."-Gustave Flaubert, Sentimental Education
"A man so habituated to corruption that he would happily pay for the pleasure of selling himself."-Gustave Flaubert, Sentimental Education
"...I'm going to write a little novel entitled 'The History of the Idea of Justice' and won't it be funny!"-Gustave Flaubert, Sentimental Education
"It’s hard to communicate anything exactly and that’s why perfect relationships between people are difficult to find."-Gustave Flaubert, Sentimental Education
19. One, None, and One Hundred Thousand
By: Luigi Pirandello , William Weaver
3.29
Format: None pages, Paperback
The novel had a rather long and difficult period of gestation. Pirandello began writing it in 1909.… read more
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20. Different Seasons
By: Stephen King
4.21
Format: 391 pages, Mass Market Paperback
A "hypnotic" (The New York Times Book Review) collection of four novellas from Stephen King bound t… read more
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21. The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
By: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
4.40
Format: 184 pages, Hardcover
A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable… read more
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22. The Winter's Tale
By: William Shakespeare
4.75
Format: 14 pages, Paperback
The New Cambridge Shakespeare appeals to students worldwide for its up-to-date scholarship and emph… read more
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23. Games People Play
By: Eric Berne
4.34
Format: 592 pages, Mass Market Paperback
We think we're relating to other people. Actually we're all playing games. Forty years ago, Games P… read more
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24. The Mountain Shadow
By: Gregory David Roberts
3.91
Format: 416 pages,
A sequel to SHANTARAM but equally a standalone novel, The Mountain Shadow follows Lin on further ad… read more
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25. The Game of Life and How to Play It
By: Florence Scovel Shinn
3.84
Format: None pages, Paperback
With her classic book, THE GAME OF LIFE AND HOW TO PLAY IT, Florence Scovel Shinn established herse… read more
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26. Tokyo Express
By: Seichō Matsumoto
3.68
Format: 175 pages, Paperback
In una cala rocciosa della baia di Hakata, i corpi di un uomo e di una donna vengono rinvenuti all’… read more
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27. Podróż ludzi Księgi
By: Olga Tokarczuk
3.71
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
Jest to opowieść o niezwykłej wyprawie, zaplanowanej przez tajemnicze Bractwo w celu odnalezienia K… read more
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"Określenie czegoś mianem przypadku wypływa z nieumiejętności wytłumaczenia tego w inny, bardziej przekonywujący sposób."-Olga Tokarczuk, Podróż ludzi Księgi
28. The Stoic Challenge: A Philosopher's Guide to Becoming Tougher, Calmer, and More Resilient
By: William B. Irvine
3.74
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Ancient Stoic insights combined with modern psychological research help us overcome—and even benefi… read more
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29. La società senza dolore: Perché abbiamo bandito la sofferenza dalle nostre vite
By: Byung-Chul Han
3.90
Format: 96 pages, ebook
Il mondo contemporaneo è terrorizzato dalla sofferenza. La paura del dolore è così pervasiva e diff… read more
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30. Filosofía del budismo Zen
By: Byung-Chul Han
3.73
Format: 169 pages, Kindle Edition
Byung-Chul Han busca hacer explícita la filosofía que está implícita en el budismo Zen, y lo hace a… read more
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31. Dialogues (Illustrated)
By: Seneca
4.29
Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition
“No man was ever wise by chance.” ― Seneca Seneca's Dialogues—as his epistolary essays have tradit… read more
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